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Types of access to university

Access for those over 25 years old

 

General information

If you are over 25 years old, you can access university by passing the university entrance exam for those over 25. This exam is common to all universities in Catalonia.

Requirements

You can take the university entrance exam for over 25 years old if you meet the following requirements:

- Be 25 years old in the calendar year in which the test is taken.
- Not having passed the PAU (or equivalent).
- Not be in possession of a higher technical qualification in vocational training, plastic arts and design, or sports (or equivalent).
- Not having a university degree.
- Not have any other qualification or any other general requirement to access university.

Test structure

The test is structured in two phases: 

  • General phase: Its aim is to determine your maturity and suitability to pursue university studies, as well as your ability to reason, understand and express yourself in writing in either of the two official languages ​​in Catalonia, in addition to your knowledge of a foreign language. The test is the same for everyone.
  • Specific phase: Its purpose is to assess your skills, abilities and aptitudes to follow and pass studies linked to each of the branches of knowledge around which official university degrees are organized.

    The text commentary, Catalan and Spanish language exercises are common to the test for those over 25 and the test for those over 45. Therefore, if you take both entrance tests, you will take a single text commentary exam, a single Catalan language exam and a single Spanish language exam.
     

Calls and registration

Access tests are convened once a year. Each candidate has an unlimited number of calls to pass them. Once the tests have been passed, the grade obtained has indefinite validity.
 
Once the entrance tests have been passed, the candidates who meet the requirements will be able to reappear in subsequent calls to improve the qualification obtained. The university will take into account the highest grade obtained in the different calls.
 
If you want to take the entrance exam for those over 25 years old, you must register for the exam at University access portal

 

Exam and registration calendar

Check the calendar and schedule of the tests on the website. Universities Channel.

 

More information

Check all the information on the website Universities Channel